Ty Hague's Blog

Now that free agency is over it’s time for my first and only mock draft of the year. To be clear this is NOT WHAT I WOULD DO but it’s what I think is most likely to happen on draft night. I make a two round go of the process and in round 1 I will give you more of a writeup and in round 2 it will be more succinct because, well I have a more than full time job that takes up a ton of my time and this is a hobby I don’t get paid for. Let me know what you think. Arizona Cardinals - QB Kyler Murray, Oklahoma This is certainly not what I would do but he fits tremendously well in Kingsbury’s offense and was recruited by the new head coach coming out of high school. Murray is lightning quick with an impressive arm and has experience working in a very similar system. This opens up a lot of options for what will happen next with Josh Rosen. 2. San Francisco 49ers - Edge Nick Bosa, Ohio State Everyone could say they could look to trade back but it’s not going to happen. Bo...

This time of year is ripe with teams overpaying for second tier players and this year was no exception. It’s pretty clear that 32 out of 32 teams would rather build through the draft and extend their own. It’s a much cheaper way of doing business and in the only major professional American sports league with a hard salary cap, you have to be prudent with your financial decisions. That said most of the time when you hear news of a deal you’ll get complete sticker shock because people don't understand that unlike baseball and basketball, none of these contracts are fully guaranteed money, (Kirk Cousins aside). Also, the salary cap hit for these deals varies widely as there are numerous different ways to help create cap space each year, a notable move such as New Orleans always kicking the can down the road with the Drew Brees contract, or converting money into signing bonus to spread it out over multiple seasons. All that said, these are the 6 worst contracts and decisions in free ...